Zimmerman v. Northfield Real Estate, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that real estate brokers had duty under Real Estate Broker and Salesman License Act, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 111, paras. 5701-5743 (1981
• holding that an exculpatory clause did not shield defendants from liability for an intentional tort
• appellate court could only consider question on interlocutory appeal which was certified by trial court
• where multiple listing descriptions of a house as “magnificent” and “comfortable” do not qualify as fraudulent misrepresentations
• sellers of real estate, unlike real estate brokers, are not in the business of supplying information
• “An exculpatory clause cannot protect persons from the results of their wilful and wanton misconduct.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).